Multiple Vendor xlock Vulnerability

BID:224

Info

Multiple Vendor xlock Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 224
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 26 1997 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 26 1997 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq Mailing list by George Staikos <[email protected]> on Sat, 26 Apr 1997.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _ppc
Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 2.5_x86
Sun Solaris 2.5
Sun Solaris 2.4_x86
Sun Solaris 2.4
Sun Solaris 2.3
SGI IRIX 6.4
SGI IRIX 6.3
SGI IRIX 6.1
SGI IRIX 6.0.1 XFS
SGI IRIX 6.0.1
SGI IRIX 6.0
SGI IRIX 5.3 XFS
SGI IRIX 5.3
SGI IRIX 5.2
SGI IRIX 5.1.1
SGI IRIX 5.1
SGI IRIX 5.0.1
SGI IRIX 5.0
IBM AIX 4.2
IBM AIX 4.1
IBM AIX 3.2
HP HP-UX (VVOS) 10.24
HP HP-UX 10.34
HP HP-UX 10.30
HP HP-UX 10.20
HP HP-UX 10.16
HP HP-UX 10.10
HP HP-UX 10.8
HP HP-UX 10.1 0
HP HP-UX 10.0
Debian Linux 1.3
Debian Linux 1.2
Debian Linux 1.1
Debian Linux 0.93
Data General DG/UX 7.0
Data General DG/UX 6.0
Data General DG/UX 5.0
Data General DG/UX 4.0
Data General DG/UX 3.0
Data General DG/UX 2.0
Data General DG/UX 1.0
BSDI BSD/OS 2.1
Not Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6
SSH Communications Security SSH 1.2.27
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- Debian Linux 2.2
SGI IRIX 6.5
HP HP-UX 11.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.3
Debian Linux 2.0
Data General DG/UX 8.0
BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
BSDI BSD/OS 3.0

Discussion

Multiple Vendor xlock Vulnerability

The xlock program is used to lock the local X display until the user supplies the correct password. A buffer overflow condition has been discovered in xlock that may allow an unauthorized user to gain root access.

Exploit / POC

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor xlock Vulnerability

Solution:
CERT Advisory CA-97.13 in the referance section of this vulnerability has the known fix information.

References

Multiple Vendor xlock Vulnerability

References:

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